diff --git a/platform/mellanox/sonic-bfb-installer.sh b/platform/mellanox/sonic-bfb-installer.sh
index 8f25f11acd3..523ec6ee302 100755
--- a/platform/mellanox/sonic-bfb-installer.sh
+++ b/platform/mellanox/sonic-bfb-installer.sh
@@ -279,11 +279,15 @@ bfb_install_call() {
     fi
     remove_cx_pci_device "$rshim" "$dpu"
 
-    # Construct bfb-install command
-    local cmd="timeout ${timeout_secs}s bfb-install -b $bfb -r $rshim"
+    # Create config file with NPU time for DPU time synchronization
+    local config_file=$(mktemp "${WORK_DIR}/bf_cfg.XXXXX")
     if [ -n "$appendix" ]; then
-        cmd="$cmd -c $appendix"
+        cat "$appendix" > "$config_file"
     fi
+    echo "NPU_TIME=$(date +%s)" >> "$config_file"
+
+    # Construct bfb-install command
+    local cmd="timeout ${timeout_secs}s bfb-install -b $bfb -r $rshim -c $config_file"
     log_info "Installing bfb image on DPU connected to $rshim using $cmd"
 
     # Run installation with progress monitoring
@@ -307,6 +311,8 @@ bfb_install_call() {
         cat "$result_file"
     fi
 
+    rm -f "$config_file"
+
     # Stop rshim application and reset DPU
     stop_rshim_daemon "$rid"
     log_info "$rid: Resetting DPU $dpu"
diff --git a/platform/nvidia-bluefield/installer/install.sh.j2 b/platform/nvidia-bluefield/installer/install.sh.j2
index 34732d13a2e..0772fb3c1e2 100755
--- a/platform/nvidia-bluefield/installer/install.sh.j2
+++ b/platform/nvidia-bluefield/installer/install.sh.j2
@@ -98,6 +98,15 @@ if [ -e /etc/bf.cfg ]; then
 	. /etc/bf.cfg
 fi
 
+if [ -n "$NPU_TIME" ]; then
+	log "Setting system time from NPU: $NPU_TIME"
+	date -s "@$NPU_TIME"
+	log "System time set to: $(date)"
+	if [ -e /dev/rtc0 ]; then
+		hwclock --systohc --utc
+		log "Hardware clock synced from system time"
+fi
+
 # Flags that can be overwritten by the bf.cfg
 declare -r SKIP_FIRMWARE_UPGRADE="${SKIP_FIRMWARE_UPGRADE:-false}"
 declare -r FORCE_FW_CONFIG_RESET="${FORCE_FW_CONFIG_RESET:-false}"